Founders Favourites

The first question you’re asked when you mention to others you’re a filmmaker or actor is ‘What have you done that I’ve seen?’ then, after trying to explain without sounding like a loser or a fraud just how difficult it is to get your work out there the second question soon follows, ‘So what’s you’re favourite film?’. The truth is for most filmmakers, and most people, this simple question is surprisingly complex. For many, it can be answered with a personal favourite that immediately springs to mind, ‘Top Gun’, ‘Star Wars’, ‘Twilight’ ‘Harry Potter’ ‘The Unbearable Lightness of Being’. For others it’s a diverse and changeable list, new films or older pieces, rediscoveries and reemerging directors’ cuts cropping in and out of the smorgasboard of those we’re currently enamored by. And just as a culinary expert enjoys the occasional meal of cheese and beans on toast, so do filmmakers love their classics, their quirky, lesser-known art house pieces, world cinema and the occasional slice of cheese, minus the beans. So at this point in time, my ever changing list roughly resembles…

The Thin Red Line

In 1942, Private Witt (Jim Caviezel) is a U.S. Army absconder living peacefully with the locals of a small South Pacific island. Discovered by his commanding officer, Sgt. Welsh (Sean Penn), Witt is forced to resume his active duty training for the Battle of Guadalcanal. As Witt and his unit land on the island, and the American troops mount an assault on entrenched Japanese positions, the story explores their various fates and attitudes towards life-or-death situations.